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Corpses on the Snow: Journalist Remembers Khomeini’s Blessing for 1979 Execution

Iranwire – On Saturday, May 15, IranWire published an audio file related to the shooting of four former generals of the Pahlavi regime in mid-February 1979, shortly after the Islamic Revolution. The recording includes the charges read against General Nematollah Nassiri, the then-head of Savak (the Shah’s secret police), General Mehdi Rahimi, commander of Tehran Police and Tehran’s then-military commander, General Reza …

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Iran arrests 16 Ahwazi Arabs including elderly mother of slain protester

Iran-HRM – Iran arrests 16 Ahwazi Arabs including elderly mother of slain protester Iranian authorities have embarked on a wave of arbitrary arrests of more than a dozen citizens in Ahvaz, capital of the southwestern Khuzestan Province. Among those arbitrarily arrested is the mother of one of the November 2019 uprising martyrs. The clerical regime arrested some 15 young men …

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For Iran’s Lawyers, Defending Dissidents Is Getting Dangerous (Commentary Published in World Politics Review)

CHRI – In 1985, my parents were taken to court in Tehran by a tenant who was trying to stop them from selling a property he was renting from them at the time. My parents were surprised to learn about the lawsuit. After all, they had given the tenant several months to vacate. He had no legitimate legal argument. On …

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As Iran’s election campaign picks up, boycott gains momentum as well

Al-Monitor – Over 230 dissidents and civil society activists in Iran have called on fellow citizens to boycott the country’s presidential election slated for June 18. In an open letter addressing the Iranian nation, the signees described the election as little beyond a “formality.” The activists demanded that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei step down as the first stage in a peaceful transition …

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Bahrain probes $1.3bn Iranian money laundering network

arabnews – Bahrain’s attorney general said that public prosecutors had uncovered a $1.3 billion money laundering racket linked to officials at Future Bank and other Iranian institutions — including its central bank.Attorney General Ali bin Fadl Al-Buainain said the alleged offenses took place between 2008 and 2012.Al-Buainain said that Future Bank officials, together with other Iranian bank officials and the …

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